There are many reasons that businesses may want to choose open-source over proprietary tools when getting started with generative AI. This could be because of cost, opportunities for customization and optimization, transparency or simply the support that’s offered by the community. There are disadvantages too, of course, and I cover the pros and cons of each option more fully in this article. With software generally, the term open-source simply means that the source code is publicly available and can be used, free of charge, for pretty much any purpose. Click here to read the full article